Donal
Donal is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 597th, in 1931.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193098 births
- Best rank
- #597in 1931
- Since 1909
- 3,707people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,707 boys have been named Donal in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1930, with 98 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 98 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1930s alone account for 21%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Donal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 158 | |
| 1920s | 734 | |
| 1930s | 797 | |
| 1940s | 503 | |
| 1950s | 471 | |
| 1960s | 378 | |
| 1970s | 222 | |
| 1980s | 166 | |
| 1990s | 136 | |
| 2000s | 79 | |
| 2010s | 43 | |
| 2020s | 15 |
In 1930, its biggest year
Donal was the 621st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1930 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1930.
Names that rose and fell with Donal
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Verlonpeak 1939
- Arlonpeak 1933
- Deanepeak 1947
- Normandpeak 1929
- Keepeak 1924
- Darlpeak 1928
- Marshellpeak 1930
- Glynpeak 1934
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.